Matthew 20:28 NIV
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Today
we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, JR as a man who was a great servant and led
many to know and live in freedom. There is much we can say about Dr.
King, but we will let him to speak for us:
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more
money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching
spiritual doom.”
“An individual has not started living until he can rise
above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader
concerns of all humanity”
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which
rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is
love.”
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible
than to be alive without breathing.”
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and
live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal."
Not
only was Dr. King a man of great influence and leadership, but he was a Christian
who served others and shared the truth of Christ.
I
point you to the fact that our Savior, Jesus, was and is the prime example of a
servant leader. We have to follow his example. The highest form of
flattery and honor is imitation. Not by taking a gun to stop a senseless
act but by living a life in service to others in the name of something better
and higher and bigger than us. And that something is Jesus.
Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. did just that.
I
challenge you to join others who have gone before us. Honor Dr. King by
serving. Raise your voices to be
heard. Live and spend your life in
serving others for the cause and glory of Christ.
Galatians 5:13 NLT
For you have been called to live in freedom ... use your
freedom to serve one another in love.
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